A regional jet flying on behalf of Delta Air Lines had to make a last minute maneuver to avoid a B-52 bomber, and the level of detail in which the pilot communicated this to passengers is quite something.
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We need to get rid of our Air Force and the military. The US spends an unbelievable sum of taxpayer funds on useless military nonsense. Those funds are much better spent on healthcare, transit infrastructure, basic research and education but half the country is too ignorant to appreciate the value in that.
Wait for it, buddy…
A dangerous communist, aren’t you?
How dare you propose such a reckless, subversive idea? That kind of ideological contagion belongs to the misguided utopians across the ocean — not here, in this sacred bastion of liberty...You absolute fool.
Hey Ben, no post on DL's SLC-LIM? sure such an odd route deserves one, curious about what Tim D has to say about it
Hello Bad_Krap_Arps now reinvented itself as yet another bogus law firm character …. David Polk.
Do you really think that readers are unable to see through your Walter Mitty impersonations?
SLC is a Delta hub.
LIM is a Latam Peru hub.
DL and LA/LP are working together. Why would this route be odd?
You're right, Klaus
DL doesn't fly anywhere south of CUN from SLC
SLC is the smallest DL international gateway
LA has also hubs at BOG, GRU and SCL which are bigger markets than LIM
DL codeshares on LA's double daily LIM-LAX which provides a one-stop option to LIM for the much larger west coast market (compared to the rocky mountain basin)
But you're right, this route isn't odd
@ GGC -- I didn't cover it since the route lasts for under two months, so it's hardly a permanent addition. Still interesting, though!
didnt you complain that the pilot was unprofessional for being honest about the situation in your original post?
Wait for it, buddy…
Still brainwashed by dangerous communist propaganda?
All the wars fought in the last 40 years wasn't against communism.
That kind of ideological contagion belongs to the misguided hypocrites here, in this sacred propaganda tool of liberty...You absolute fool.
That's a bit of an exaggeration. Ben implied that perhaps the pilot said more than strictly needed in part because of wanting to process things and get things off his chest. I think that's a reasonable assumption to make given the circumstances -- the pilot narrowly averted catastrophe and was probably shaken up.
Ben never used the word unprofessional. Stop creating drama where there is none.
USA just needs to confess it spends billions on incompetency. Maybe it would be cheaper to subcontract the military to another country. USA can’t win wars, can’t even run maneuvers correctly.
Might I suggest a rewarding trip to Ukraine right now for some 'well deserved' rest & relaxation ?
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Ben, thank God they are near misses. But there does seem to be alot of reports in the news and here of near misses.